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Welcome to our flexdashboard!

This dashboard is displaying information about deforestation. You’ll notice there are two tabs - one for information about global deforestation, and the other is specific to Brazil.

All data used for this dashboard comes from “Our World in Data,” more specifically the “Forests and Deforestation” group of datasets curated by Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser. These datasets include information about the global distribution of forests, deforestation and forest losses, drivers of deforestation, data on the production of palm oil and soy, as well as data about afforestation or the gain of forest area.

In our exploration of the data, we decided to highlight three different aspects. Our first element explores the distribution of global forest area and how that forest area has changed between 1990 and 2020. Our second group of plots dive deeper into this concept by illustrating the change in forest area experienced by three select countries (the United States, China, and Brazil) which can be compared. Finally, our last plot, found on the second tab, illustrates the specific drivers of deforestation in Brazil across years and in a cumulative fashion.

All elements of our dashboard are interactive - enjoy!

References: Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2021) - “Forests and Deforestation”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/forests-and-deforestation’ [Online Resource]